Russia Unleashes War On Ukraine

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 25 February 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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For the first time since WWII, two sovereign nations are in a conventional war in Europe, in what President Biden calls an “unprovoked and unjustified attack”. Ukrainian President Zelensky condemns the Russian invasion, saying “The sound of a new iron curtain is closing between the Russian and civilized world”. CNN’s Clarissa Ward and Matthew Chance report live from Kharkiv and Kyiv. Former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel joins to discuss Biden’s sanctions on Russia, the U.S. military response to the Russian invasion, and the likelihood of Russian cyber attacks on America. Former Commander of U.S. Central Command, General John Allen (Ret.), joins Wolf to discuss Russia's phased military campaign plan against Ukraine and how far Putin could be willing to go. Hosted by Wolf Blitzer. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The news continues right now that's handed over the Wolf Blitzer and CNN tonight.
0:06.2	Wolf.
0:07.2	Anderson, thank you very much.
0:08.2	And we want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
0:11.4	I'm Wolf Blitzer.
0:12.5	And this is CNN tonight.
0:13.9	We're watching history unfold before our eyes.
0:17.9	The largest invasion in Europe since World War II is now around 24 hours in.
0:23.9	President Zelensky says at least get this at least 137 Ukrainian soldiers.
0:29.6	Already have been killed so far, another 316 wounded.
0:33.8	He says he suspects Russian sabotage groups have already infiltrated the capital of Kiev
0:40.2	and have marked him as their target number one.
0:44.0	President Zelensky has ordered a general military mobilization and he's banning all male
0:48.4	citizens ages 18 to 60 from leaving the country.
0:53.4	It was this very hour last night when Russia started its full scale invasion of the
0:58.9	sovereign nation, bombarding cities with missiles and long-range artillery, targeting military
1:04.9	installations and airports like this one in South Eastern Ukraine.
1:24.1	Russian ground forces invaded the country from three sides, from the north, south and
1:29.4	east.
1:30.4	Among the target seized today, the Chernobyl power plant in northern Ukraine, the site of
1:35.6	the world's worst nuclear disaster.
1:38.6	CNN's Matthew Chant had an up close encounter with some Russian forces at an airport about
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